The North American and Australia / New Zealand administrators of the Down Under Fan Fund have announced the 2014 DUFF race will run from now to Monday 31 March 2014. Download a PDF of the DUFF 2014 Ballot Form here. Ads for significant SF conventions from a global perspective are listed in the December 2013 issue of ‘Interstellar Ramjet Scoop’

Comics Unmasked: Art and Anarchy in the UK (2 May 2014 – 19 August 2014) will explore the full potential of the medium, demystifying the process of creating comics while presenting work that is challenging to the status quo. Its materials unflinchingly examine issues around gender, violence, sexuality, drug-taking and politics.

Congratulations to this year’s Kitschies finalists, which reward the year’s most progressive, intelligent and entertaining works that contain elements of the speculative or fantastic.

Steampunk For Simpletons – a guide for folks who aren’t sure what steampunk is all about. From the basics such as where to go and what to do, to the aesthetic of arts within steampunk, we give a guided tour and primer in the world of steampunk.

Pipedreamergrey is a hardcore geek who has never met a fandom he didn't like. Whether blogging, gaming, or programming, he can usually be found online hiding behind a web handle created back when web handles were still cool. His twin passions are vintage science fiction and the modern day technologies making that fiction an everyday reality.